Measure word
- 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
How it used to be written
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Small seal script -
Clerical script 東漢
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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Jane 又胖、又没礼貌、又烟不离手,可是 Ken 却觉得她可爱、动人,所谓「爱情是盲目的」,大概就是这个意思了吧。
Jane is fat and rude, and smokes too much. However, Ken thinks she's lovely and charming. That's why they say love is blind.
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他又高又胖,还总是很忙。
He is tall, fat and always busy.
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他胖乎乎。
He is chubby.
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你有点胖。
You are a bit fat.
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你的狗非常胖。
Your dog is very fat.
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你越是吃巧克力,越是会变胖。
The more chocolate you eat, the fatter you'll get.
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她变胖了。
She has gained weight.
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她最近变胖了。
She has put on weight recently.